ESPN Released A 64-Team NCAA Football Bracket For 2018

ESPN has done a similar exercise. It’s created a 64-team NCAA football bracket for the 2018 season.

“Here’s how it works: Teams are seeded 1 through 64 according to ESPN’s preseason FPI rankings for 2018. The top four seeds — Clemson, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State — will headline geographic regions. Round-by-round matchups for the 2018 postseason will play out (sorry, no First Four here) until a national champion is crowned.

Just like in the NCAA hoops tournament, there will be upsets. This is all about matchups and projections. Just because FPI likes a team doesn’t mean it will advance.”

Here are the seeds, from the No. 1s to No. 16s:

1-seeds: Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State

2-seeds: Notre Dame, Washington, Auburn, Penn State

3-seeds: Oklahoma, Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin

4-seeds: Stanford, Miami, USC, Mississippi State

5-seeds: Texas, Florida State, Oregon, Texas A&M

6-seeds: Oklahoma State, Florida, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech

7-seeds: Iowa, LSU, Cal, South Carolina

8-seeds: Missouri, Duke, West Virginia, Northwestern

9-seeds: Utah, TCU, Louisville, Boston College

10-seeds: Boise State, Texas Tech, Wake Forest, Baylor

11-seeds: Iowa State, Arizona, NC State, Kansas State

12-seeds: Ole Miss, Memphis, North Carolina, Purdue

13-seeds: UCLA, Nebraska, Arizona State, Tennessee

14-seeds: UCF, Arkansas, Syracuse, Kentucky

15-seeds: Pitt, San Diego State, Minnesota, Maryland

16-seeds: Washington State, Houston, Fresno State, South Florida

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ESPN simulated the results of the games through the first two rounds. You can view the full results here.